Golden Horseshoe Practice

At the general election in November 1956, the following amendment to the state constitution was approved by the voters: "Regardless of sex, all persons, who are otherwise qualified, shall be eligible to serve as petit jurors, in both civil and criminal cases, as grand jurors and as coroner's jurors." What did this amendment do?

• established equal rights for women

• gave women the right to trial by jury

• gave women the right to vote

• allowed women to be jurors

The elected official who is keeper of the Great Seal of West Virginia is:

• the State Auditor

• the Governor

• the Secretary of State

• the Attorney General

How many justices serve on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals?

• 9

• 7

• 5

• 6

Prehistory is divided into time periods (i.e., Paleo-Indian, Archaic, etc.). Which of the following is NOT a criterion used in establishing these periods?

• Manner in which dead were honored

• Types of languages spoken

• Ways of making a living

• Kinds of tools used

The building of Hawk's Nest Tunnel, in Fayette County, in 1930-31 is remembered for

• the deaths of hundreds of laborers from silicosis

• being the beginning work on Hawk's Nest State Park.

• opening railroad service to the famous New River coalfield.

• the discovery of Indian artifacts.

The sites of West Virginia's original and present state capital are located within these two geographic regions.

• Ohio River Valley and Allegheny Plateau

• Ohio River Valley and Potomac Section

• Potomac Section and Allegheny Highland

• Potomac Section and Allegheny Plateau

In 2001, the majority of West Virginians who were not employed in farming worked in these two areas:

• services

• services and wholesale/retail trade

• transportation and utilities

• construction and real estate

If you started a canoe trip at the head of Middle Island Creek and followed the flow of the river, which body of water would you reach first?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Lake Erie

• Gulf of Mexico

What are West Virginia's official state colors?

• Old Gold and Blue

• yellow and blue

• Blue and Green with yellow

• Blue and Golden rod

West Virginians overwhelmingly voted to change the "Open for Business" signs to this ...

• Wet and Wild WV

• Wild and Wonderful

• Wondrously Wild

• Weird and Wild